Clip for pencils



`lime 14, 1932.

CLIP FOR PENCILS Filed Sept. 12, 1931 KW/e5 7,"

' Patented June 14, 1932 UNITED STATES PATlszNT OFFICE ERNEST E. HILL, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO RITE-RITE MFG. CO., 0F CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS CLIP FOR PENCILS Application filed September 12, 1931. Serial No. 562,450.

This invention relates to a clip for permanent attachment to a pencil or pen body for engagement with a pocket flap in a familiar manner.

The object of the invention is a clip of simple, economical and strong construction and a means for attaching it tothe pencil body in such manner that it will present the required rigidity against movement on the pencil body.

In the drawing p Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pencil provided with my improved clip.

Figure 2 is a transverse section through the pencil and base of the clip.

Figure 3 is a topplan view of the Clip on an enlarged scale.

Figure 4C is a transverse section through the same on the line 4.-4 of Figure 6.

Figure 5 is an enlarged side elevation of a drive screw used in applying the clip to the pencil.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the clip on a scale like that of Figure 3.

Referring now to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing :-1() indicates a pencil body of any suitable construction, as for example a bakelite barrel for a mechanical pencil, although it will be understood that the invention is applicable to pencil bodies of any kind. 11 indicates the clip as a whole and 12, 12 indicate two longitudinally spaced drive screws by which the clip is secured to the body.

The clip 11 comprises'an elongated base 13 by means of which it is attached to the pencil body. The main part of the clip is bent away from the base to present a shoulder 14C beyond which the clip is tapered towards its end where Vit is preferably formed with a ball or other smooth termination 15 to facilitate its easy insertion into the pocket. Y The clip is stamped from flat metal. The base 13 is fiat transversely, as indicated at 13a I" in Figure 2. At the lateral edges of said fiat part the metal is bent at an obtuse angle to present ribs 13b which extend the length of the base and act to stilfen it.

The main body of the clip beyond the base is bent transversely into arcuate section, as

to provide 1 indicated at 11a in Figure 4. VThistransout throughout the length of the clip, thus greatly strengthening the clip against bend- To attach the clip to the body or barrel, said barrel is provided with suitable longi-f tudinally spaced apertures 16,16 corresponding in spacing with similarly longitudinally spaced apertures 17 in the base 13. The base is secured to the barrel by means of the drive screws 12, 12.

As pencil barrels of the kind are generally made hexagonal in cross section, the clip base is preferably made of such width that its flat part 13a is equal in width to the width of the fiat faces ofthe pencil. This permits a. substantial area for base engagement by the clip on the pencil and also brings the strengthening ribs 13b slightlybeyond the width of the pencil base thus preventing ksaid ribs from interfering with the flat seat of the clip base against the pencil body.

I have found that clips formed in the manner above described and attached to pencil bodies, as shown, are not only economical to manufacture in quantities, but are readily and easily attached to the pencil bodies and are very rigid and ixed in their final relation to the pencil body.

I claim as my invention In combination with a pencil body, a clip Y Y consisting of a base member and of a clip member, said base member being lat and being provided at its lateral edges with narrow flanges bentl at an angle to the base, and the clip member being of transversely curved section substantially throughout its length with its lateral margins continuous with the lianges of said base, said base being provided with two longitudinally spaced apertures and drive screws engaged through said apertures and securing said base to said pencil body. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I affix my signature this 1st day of September, A. D. 1931.

ERNEST E. HILL.

to which the clip is attached, l 

